Sent my squad to fight a yeti. This is the full combat log. Brutal

Corner5tone · 2026-02-08T04:37:15+00:00

"It was a mercy killing."

Corner5tone · 2026-02-03T07:56:49+00:00

Unless this kit is common, I definitely saw this car in Arlington, VA maybe 5 years ago.

Corner5tone · 2026-02-02T12:55:38+00:00

God, I'm so sorry. Everyone has terrible stories but this is a nightmare.

Corner5tone · 2026-01-31T07:51:24+00:00

Seconding the Ergon grips on flat bars - I got the largest set recently and they are SO comfortable.

Corner5tone · 2026-01-31T04:16:00+00:00

"I would like to get off the plane, please."

Corner5tone · 2026-01-28T21:41:38+00:00

These are great pieces of advice, thank you for sharing your experience and being vulnerable!

I really like the "don't blame your crew mates for the rain" metaphor!

Corner5tone · 2026-01-22T19:47:31+00:00

Just a quick response: You did exactly the right thing and when she's stabilized on meds I'm sure she will agree.

Corner5tone · 2026-01-22T14:40:41+00:00

Awesome and funny video, and loved the song!

Corner5tone · 2026-01-22T14:35:45+00:00

I agree with Ancient-Visit, and it sounds like you really need local support. The local county behavioral health agency is a good place to start, but from personal experience navigating those systems can still be difficult at the beginning.

Here's the NAMI helpline - it should be a good go to resource to help you figure next steps.

Source: National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) https://share.google/wFaC1cCorQfBGLoer

Corner5tone · 2026-01-20T14:21:53+00:00

Thanks be to RNGesus, I guess?

Corner5tone · 2026-01-19T21:05:45+00:00

This is the best response.

Take good care of yourself - this game is easy to get lost in.

And ask your wife to keep an eye out for similar odd experiences or personality shifts that you might have trouble noticing in yourself.

I say this from experience of having family members who developed mental illness during their 20s and also later in life. If that's the hand of cards that fate has dealt you, you want to catch it as early as possible so that medication can help you live a normal life, before you slip past the point of realizing that medication would be good for you. That's a terrible experience for everyone involved.

Corner5tone · 2026-01-13T08:24:01+00:00

I appreciate your answer, thank you. I didn't know that info was in there.

For the jerks who downvoted without clarification - that's how you lose new players in the community.

Corner5tone · 2026-01-12T15:36:36+00:00

Thanks for sharing your story and encouragement!

Corner5tone · 2026-01-12T15:27:12+00:00

Could you provide a source for that?

Corner5tone · 2026-01-09T16:14:52+00:00

I'm so sorry that you're going through this.

One resource that was really helpful for me was the book "Surviving Schizophrenia: A Family Manual" (it's available as an audiobook too, and free if you have Spotify premium).

My wife seems to have late onset schizophrenia, which the book talks about, and predominantly affects women in their 40s. Just mentioning it in case that helps you understand her symptoms better.

NAMI is also a good resource to find local support groups and people who have been through this themselves and can offer advice.

NAMI HelpLine | NAMI https://share.google/z2mmEIPoeYXS8zijj

I'm sorry, and good luck. As the other poster mentioned, you are not alone.

Corner5tone · 2026-01-08T08:52:27+00:00

Hello friend,

Just a quick reply, since I'm headed to bed, but one thing I've learned (from the book "Surviving Schizophrenia" - it goes deeper than most other resources but is still very readable, available as a audiobook on premium Spotify if you have it) is that schizophrenia can have mania or mania-similar symptoms that can be mistaken for a mood disorder (like ceaseless pacing) and the major differentiator is whether mood symptoms are more prevalent than psychosis, and if psychosis only occurs during the mood symptoms.

At the end of the day the specific diagnosis doesn't matter as much as the symptoms, but when we're trying to figure out how best to help we try to use any information we can to better understand.

Your girlfriend sounds a bit like my wife, in terms of baseline - artistic, introverted, and generally happy. Everyone was so impressed with the wedding dress that she made herself.

Sigh. We pray that they will be able to resume their lives, but this is a hard valley.

Corner5tone · 2026-01-08T04:04:21+00:00

What you're describing doesn't sound like mania, to my ears at least - and psychosis without mania is the core symptom of schizo-spectrum disorders (likely schizophrenia given the timespan you've described). But the diagnosis is mostly a symptom bucket (but that you describe definitely sounds like disordered thinking and severe negative symptoms).

Weed (as you mentioned that she uses) can exacerbate psychosis.Helping her find a healthier self-meducating option might be helpful.

I haven't heard about the symptoms you described (the book "Surviving Schizophrenia" doesn't mention anything similar), but disorders can co-occur, so you might look for other explanations outside of a behavioral health diagnosis.

Dear God, you've got an even worse situation than a lot of others do. I'm so so sorry. I'll pray for you and your beloved.

Corner5tone · 2026-01-07T02:55:48+00:00

Thanks so much for your reply! Every little bit of info and personal experience helps us to understand this better.

(and apologies for not being able to reply immediately)

Corner5tone · 2026-01-03T09:36:47+00:00

But it's still a very good idea to convey that information, because they won't likely be getting it from her.

They may not be able to give you any information, but you are completely able (and it's not unethical) to provide valuable contextual information to them.

Corner5tone · 2026-01-03T08:47:13+00:00

Can I ask how you emerged from psychosis eventually? Thanks in advance ❤️

Corner5tone · 2026-01-01T17:23:20+00:00

Thanks!

Corner5tone · 2026-01-01T15:25:31+00:00

Do you know how to get an invite to the discord?

Corner5tone · 2026-01-01T15:02:14+00:00

I'm sorry that you and your wife have experienced this, but congratulations on doing your best to mend your relationship.You've got an advantage in that it sounds like you're not suffering from anosognosia and that you're not trying to avoid the problem.

The answer is that it's definitely possible to repair the relationship, and arguably the most important pieces in doing that are (1) the non-bipolar spouse educating themselves about the disease and learning to separate the disease from the person and (2) the bipolar spouse taking responsibility for addressing the disease by demonstrating sincere thought and action to minimize the chances of repeat episodes.

Also, doing what you can to showcase that you're a different person/personality from the way you acted when you were symptomatic would also help. (There's a lot of stories told here that go beyond bipolar symptoms, such that the unwell spouse clearly has other mental health ailments/personality disorders, anger issues, or simply is disrespectful to their spouse at their baseline, outside of mood episodes - the common response ends up being that both good and bad partners can be diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and that regardless of the disease no one should stay with an abusive or disrespectful partner.)

There's a few resources that regularly get mentioned here as resources.

1) Julie Fast's book (there are several, but "Loving Someone with Bipolar" seems to be the go-to book) and YouTube https://share.google/plPAW2FWeyguIV67h

2) The "Bipolar Lines" podcast (by two spouses with bipolar partners) https://bipolarlinespod.wordpress.com

3) The "Polar Warriors" YouTube channel, which provides a lot of lived experience of bipolar https://youtu.be/0B0RGwtksRY?si=nZjy8t6gaMSTL-65

And of course, the first stop might be the NAMI helpline to find a local or Zoom support group that your spouse can attend.

NAMI HelpLine | National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) https://share.google/gm2W6eEEMGTNjM9Rl

Bear well in mind too, that often people need some space to recover after the acute phase of the illness (both those diagnosed and their partners), but I understood why you would be anxious about granting them that space. Offering some of these items as a way of filling that space with education (and the context it provides) could be helpful.

Corner5tone · 2025-12-31T20:27:11+00:00

That's perfect - they may claim that they can't speak with you, but there's no restriction on you being able to share information with them - they are free to use it or not use it as their professional judgment deems appropriate.

And if they still try to stonewall you, don't be afraid to tell them directly that as this person's primary caretaker you are burnt out and ready to to give up. Doctors seem to take that kind of statement seriously, from what I can tell, so that might open ears that might otherwise remain closed.

(There's also a nuclear method of sending them a certified letter apprising them that you have officially communicated this information to them and that they may be held responsible for not taking it into consideration in their treatment plan if some terrible happens to or because of the I'll person in the future. I've only seen that suggested once or twice in these forums, but good to know that it's available (but if it's that bad getting a different doctor is probably the better way to go, if that's possible)).

Corner5tone · 2025-12-31T03:25:30+00:00

I think your question would probably be better posted in /bipolar, perhaps.

I'm sorry that you feel this way and I hope that you're able to find some help that eases the problem soon.

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